Leader of the American civil rights movement
Martin Luther King Jr.
15 January 1929 – 4 April 1968 · Born in Atlanta, United States
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister who led the American civil rights movement with non-violent protest, an approach he credited in part to Mahatma Gandhi. He was 35 when he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
Key dates
- 1955
Leads the Montgomery bus boycott.
- 1963
Speaks to the March on Washington on 28 August.
- 1964
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1968
Assassinated in Memphis on 4 April.
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